Electric-motor controller.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907,

SPARROW. ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROLLER.

Illl! l l l l am A l APPLICATION FILED 0CT.2'7., 1905.

`UNITED STATES PATENT OINFTCE.

SIMON SPARROW, OF ST. -LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGrNOIy TO Vv'At'iNEl ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING- OOMPNY. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ELECTRIC-MOTOR CONTROLLER.

Specification of LettersV Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application filed October 27.1905. Serial No. 284,613.

To (LZ/f whom it mm1/concern.'

Be it known that I, Sino;r SrARnow, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State oll Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Electric- Motor Controller, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description :is will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and us'e'tho same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to automatic speedcontrollers for electric motors, and more parling the speed of alternating-current motors especially adapted for operating elevators and in which one of the motor members is provided with a plurality ol locally-closed circuits having a variable resistance adapted to be included therein,

It also relates to means for controlling the reversing mechanism of such a motor to prevent the saine from bcin'g reversed at improper times and to allow the reversing action to take place only when the motor-arma'- ture is substantially at rest.

Referring to the drawing, which shows one form in which my invention may be embodied, indicates the field-cores of the motor, provided with the usual held-coils 11, supplied with current from the mains 12.

13 represents the two arms of a reversingswitch adapted to make contact with the plates 14, 15, and 16. From theplates 14 and 15 lead wires 17 and 18 to the field-coils 11, which are connected in series by the conductor 19.

is a wire connecting the plate 16 with the wire 17 to form the usual reversingswitch already well known in the art.

21 is the core of the motor-armature, provided with a continuous winding 22, which is connected, by means of leads 23, with a coinmutator 24, upon the segments of which bear brushes 25, connected together by a conductor 26.

27 is the armature-shaft.

The winding 22 is connected at three oints 28 with three slip-rings 29, upon whic bear three brushes 3Q-connected to the conductors 31, which lead to the three parts 32 of a suitable resistance. This Aresistance, 32 is provided with contacts 33, connected thereto, and with three open-circuit contacts 3f 35 is a three-armed member pivoted at 36 so that the eiLt-remitits of the arms will move over the contacts 233 and 34 in a well-known way to cut the resistance into and out of the circuit formed by the conductors 31.

its is a blower or air-pump driven from the, armature-shalt 26 by means of' a belt St), passing over a pulley 4() ou the shalt ol" the blower. This blower in whichever direction it may turn is adapted to lorce a draft ol air through the conduit 41. This conduit 41 I leads to a cylinder 42, provided with n. piston ticularly to an automatic device lor control- 43 and a piston-rod 44. 'The lower end olt this piston-rod has connected to it a flexible, strip of metal or other suitable material 45, the opposite end oi which is fastened at 46 to the lower end of a segmental member 47,. carried on a lever 4S, rigidly attached to the member 35. 50 is a second similar Ilr-Xible strip attached to the upper end of the member 47 and carrying a weight 5.1 at its lower end. The rod 44 is provided near its ripper A end with a pin 53. 54 represents other suitably-supported pins, which carry a series et' weights 55. The conduit 41 is provided with a branch 5.7, leading to a cylinder 5S, in which the piston 59, provided with a piston-rod Gf), which forms a stop engaging with a lug` 61 on a wheel 62, around whichpasses a cord 63, which leads to the elevator-car.

The wheel 62 is jouinaled on a shaft 65,'

which also rigidly carries a second wheel 66, over which passes a belt 67, This belt 67 passes over a wheel (it), carried upon a shaft 7 (I. Upon this same shaft is also rigidly carried a lever 71, to which is connected a link 73, the obposite, end of which iS Divoted at 74 to the two arms 13 ot the reversing-switch.

In the operation of my invention the motor is started in rotation in a given direction by throwing the arms 13 of the reversingswitch into contact with the plates 15 and 16 by manipulating the cord 63, the parts assuming trie position shown in full lines in the drawing, as is well understood. l/Vhen this is done, the arms of the member 35 rest upon the o en-circuit contacts 34 of the resistance 32, t us opening the circuit through the conductors 3i. The motor-armature will now start from rest, the current induced therein passing through the commutator 24,

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brushes 25, and conductor 26. The current of air generated by the blower 38 in the conduit 41 now becomes su'llicient to raise the piston 59 in the cylinder 58 and place the stop 60 in the path of the lug 61 to eil'ectually prevent the motor from being reversed by the operator. During this time the weight of the piston 43, piston-rod 44, and weight 51 is sullicient to hold the piston 43 in the bottom of the cylinder 42, so that the pin 53 will be in the position 53, (indicated in thc dotted lines in the drawing,) all of the weights 55 resting on their respective pins 54 but as the speed of the motor increases the pressure of the piston 43 is suiiicient to raise the same to such an extent that the arms of the member will be shifted from the open-circuit contacts 34 to the next adjacent contacts 33, connected withithe resistance 32, thus closing the circuit through the conductor 31 and allowing a certain amount of current to pass therethrough. At the same time the pin 53 is slightly raised into contact with the iirst of the weights 55 resting on its pins 54. 'lhus also a certain increase in speed is given the motor-armature,and the pressure on the piston 43 rising causes the pin 53 to lift the lowest of the weights 55 from its pins 54 and the arms of the member 35 to rotate farther over the contacts 33 to exclude some of the turns of the resistance 32 Jfrom the circuit throu h the conduct-ors 31, thus permitting an a ditional current to liow through the lconductors 31. From this follows a further increase in speed of the'motor-armature and the steps above described are repeated, the pressure on the iston 43 rising and the pin 53 raising an a ditional weight 55 from its ins 54 and causing additional resistance to ,e excluded from the circuit through the conductors 31 until the motor-armature has reached its full normal run-ning speed under load. In case it is desi-red to reverse the motor thewheel 62 is rotated, as indicated by the arrow in full lines in the drawing, until the lug y61 comes in contact with the stop 4l60. By means ofthe bell't 67 the lever71 is also simultaneously moved to the left and the arms 13 removed from the lates 15 and 16, thus breaking the circuit t ough the iieldcoi-ls 11 of the motor and causing the motorar-mature to'come to rest, thus doing away with the pressure in the cylinders 42 and 58 and causing 'the istons 431and 59 to drop to the bottom of t e cylinders 42' and -58 and restoring the arms of the member 35 to the open-circuit contacts 34. lasv soon as' the stop is withdrawnl from the path of the lug 61 the wheel 62 may be rotated until the lug 61 assumes .the position shown in dotted' y lines in the-drawing, when the lover 71 will] occupy the position also shown in dotted lines, causing the `armsf-13 of the reversingsWi-'tch to come in contact with the plates 14 and 15, sending the -cuir-rent in the opposite direction through the iield-coils 11 of the motor,- when the motor will start in the opposite direction and gradually increase in s ced,

as above described. lt will bessen, iowever, that it is impossible to reverse the direction of the current through the motor held-coils 11 until the armature has come substantially to rest.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. The combination with a motor, of reversing means therefor, and an automatic .stop for said reversing means controlled by the rotation of said motor.

2. The combination with a motor, of a fluid-pressure generator driven by said motor, reversing means for said motor, and a stop for saidl reversing means controlled by Huid-pressure generator.

he combination with an electric ine-- tor, of a resistance therefor, a duid-pressure generator driven by said motor, means actuated by said fluid-pressure generator for viarying said resistance, reversing means for said motor, and a sto for saidreversing means controlled by said Huid-pressure generator.

4. The combination with'an electric nrotor, of a resistance therefor, an air-pump driven by said motor, a cylinder connected with said pump, a piston in said cylinder,`

tsaid piston for varying means connected wi said resistance, a reversing-switch for said motor, a second cylinder connected with said.

pump, a second pis-ton in said second cylinder, and a stop for said reversing-switch actuated bysaid second piston..

5. The comb'nation with -a motor, of a pressure-reservoir provi-ded with a movable member, means driven by saidmotor for supplying duid-pressure to said reservoir to sictuate said movable member, a plurality ci independent weights progressively opposed fto the,movement of said member, a :resina-anceV for said motor, and means connected with vsaid member for varying said resistance. v

6. The combination Wirth a motor, of a cylinder, a .piston in said cylinder, me actuatedby said motor for' supplyingA timid-pressure to said cylinder toactuatesaidpiston a progressively-increasing Woight opposing'tlse movement of said piston, e resistance forfsaiid motor, means `coxr-ir-iected with Asaid piston for vary-ing said resistance, reversing means for sai motor, a stop 'for said reversing means, and means controlled by said duid-pressure foroperatingsaidstop.

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7; The combination with the armaltame of..`

'an alternatin -current motor of a locally- `closedcircuitt' ereonasecon locally-closed Y circuit for saidarmature embodying a variable resistance, a pressure-reservoir compr-1s- .ing a movable member, a luid-pressuregenorator driven by sai-d armature connected sistance, a second conduit leading from said pump, a second cylinder connected to said conduit, a second piston in said second cylinder, reversing means for said motor, and a lsto for said reversing means actuated by sai second piston.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and ailixed my seal in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON SPARROW. s.]

Witnesses:

J. H. KEEBAUGH, JAMES H. BRYsoN. 

